Faculty research and publications

Over the years, Goshen College faculty have published important materials related to research, the classroom and to the world of ideas. The following have been invited to publish work on these Web pages. Others will soon follow.

Art

Art Rituals in the Classroom, by Marvin Bartel, Professor of Art

Bible, Religion, Philosophy

Jesus' Prohibition Against Swearing and his Philosophy of Language, by Jo-Ann A. Brant, professor of Bible, religion and philosophy
Bumping Into the State: Developing a Washington Presence, by Keith Graber Miller, professor of Bible, religion and philosophy

(Published in the Mennonite Quarterly Review, January 1996)

Book abstract: Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves: American Mennonites Engage Washington, by Keith Graber Miller, professor of Bible, religion and philosophy
Munching on the Text: Teaching the Bible in the Classroom, by Keith Graber Miller, professor of Bible, religion and philosophy

(First appeared in two consecutive February 1997 Gospel Heralds and Don Blosser, ed., The Word Among Us (Goshen College:PinchPenny Press, 1997)

A One-Armed Embrace of Postmodernity: International Education and Church-Related Colleges, by Keith Graber Miller, professor of Bible, religion and philosophy

Rhodes Consultation on the Future of Church-Realted Colleges, Sept. 27, 1997

Biology

Mutant inositol transporters as gatekeepers for potassium ions in baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A sabbatical project notebook, by Stan Grove, professor of biology
Apical cytoplasmic organization and polar growth in Rhizoctonia solani are modified by cytochalasins, by Stan Grove, professor of biology with James A. Sweigard of the Central Research and Development Department, DuPont Experiment Station, Wilmington, DE 19898. Article published in the World Wide Web Journal of Biology.
Sample pages and additional information from Fetal Pig Dissection Guide, book by James S. Miller, professor of biology.

Communication

A Cup of Justice, The Mennonite, by Duane Stoltzfus, associate professor of communication.
Carl Sandburg and the Dream of Ad-Free Journalism, The Common Review, by Duane Stoltzfus, associate professor of communication.
Mary Oyer and 606, The Mennonite, by Duane Stoltzfus, associate professor of communication.

English

A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry, by Ann Hostetler, associate professor of English
A Readers's Guide to Mennonite Literature, by Ervin Beck, professor emeritus of English
Allegory in Edward Albee's THE AMERICAN DREAM, by Ervin Beck, professor emeritus of English
Empty Room with Light: Poems, by Ann Hostetler, associate professor of English

History

Background Dynamics of the Amish Movement, by Leonard Gross, director of the Mennonite Archives (retired)
Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits, by Steve Nolt, associate professor of history. Bulletin article describing Nolt's study.

Math

Linear and symmetric allocation methods for partially defined cooperative games, by David Housman, professor of mathematics and computer science, International Journal of Game Theory (2001), 30, p 377.
Facilitating learning events through example generation, by R.P. Dahlberg and David Housman, professor of mathematics and computer science, in "Educational Studies in Mathematics" (Kluwer, 1997), 33, p 283.

Music

Delightful, Easy Piano Pieces in Bach’s Clavier-Büchlein, by Matthew Hill, associate professor of music, Clavier, April 2004.

Performances and Presentations

- Debra Brubaker

Choral clinician at Central Noble Choral Festival (Central Noble, Ind., October 2004).
Presenter at the Indiana Music Teachers Association Annual Conference – "Teaching Beautiful Singing: Bringing Meaning and Concentration to Music" (Goshen College, November 2004).

- Lee Dengler

Workshop leader at “Music in the Mountains” (East Stroudsburg, Pa., August 2003).
Presenter at the Indiana Music Educators Association Convention -- "Great Poetry Makes Great Music" (Indianapolis, January 2004).
Workshop and reading session leader at the Mathis Music Choral Workshop (Sarasota, Fla., January 2004).

- John Graulty

Guest conductor at the MSEC Instrumental Music Festival at Christopher Dock Mennonite High School (Lansdale, Pa., March 2004).
Guest conductor at the Mennonite High School Orchestra Festival at Bethany Christian High School (Goshen, Ind., March 2004).
Clarinet soloist in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Maple City Chamber Orchestra (Goshen, Ind., May 2004).

- Matthew Hill

Faculty recital with soprano Sandra Hill, (Goshen College Sauder Concert Hall, February 2004).
Poster presentation at the Music Teachers National Association Convention “Teaching Beyond the Note” (Kansas City, 2004).
Presentation for Detroit Piano Teachers “Chopin Debussy Messiaen: Sounds and Colors” (2004)

- Beverly Lapp

Presentation to the Grand Rapids Piano Teachers Forum -- “Motivating Our Students to Practice” (November 2003).
Recital with violinists Amy Kauffman and Neil Dufallo (Goshen College Rieth Recital Hall, January 2004).

Physics

* - indicates Goshen College student co-authors.

Evidence of Cation and Anion Channels in R-region SCPMV Peptide in Artificial Phospholipid Bilayers, by Micah R. Rogel* and Carl Helrich, professor of physics, in "Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research", (2002).
The Effect of pH on the Conductivity of the Ion Channel in Southern Cowpea Mosaic Virus, by Carl S. Helrich, professor of physics, Reuben Budiardja*, and Peter Sprunger*, Biophysical Journal, 80 (January 2001), p 255a.
John Polkinghorne: Crossing the Divide Between Physics and Metaphysics, by Carl Helrich, professor of physics, Zygon, 35 4, (2000).
Interfacial roughness of SiGe/Si structures...probed by x-ray scattering (pdf format, ca. 370 K), by Paul Meyer Reimer, adjunct professor of physics, published in Journal of Physics C (1996).

Sociology and Anthropology

The Old Order Amish: To Remain in the Faith or to Leave, by Thomas J. Meyers, professor of sociology

(Published in the Mennonite Quarterly Review, July 1994)

The Amish Connection by Samuel L. Yoder, professor emeritus of education